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Hackers infect Android phones and TVs to mine cryptocurrency

Hackers infected smart TVs and phones and used them to mine for Monero, a cryptocurrency, researchers found. Hackers have infected thousands of Android phones and smart TVs and used the devices to mine for cryptocurrency, researchers at Chinese cybersecurity firm Netlab360 found. The attack combines a handful of well known hacking techniques with one goal in mind: use the processing power of internet connected devices to create more Monero, a digital currency that can be replicated by running a program on a computerized device. According to ZDNet , the attack affected 7,000 devices in China. While that’s not as […]